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St. Pierre bests more than 1,000 runners in Lowell

Runners get underway in the 11th annual Thanks-4-Giving 5K and 10K runs on Old Ferry Road in Lowell on Thursday morning. Sun/Julia Malakie

LOWELL -- Jim St. Pierre defeated a giant field of more than 1,100 runners to capture the 5K portion of the Thanks-4-Giving race which began and finished Thursday at the Lowell Elks.

Race roundup

The Dracut resident, 41, crossed in 16:45. That was 10 seconds faster than Denis Langat of Lowell, while Christopher Antunes of Arlington placed third (17:26) and Chelmsford's Eric Beauchesne took fourth (17:34).

Daniel Regan, 18, of Westford claimed fifth out of 1,140 finishers in 18:10.

The winner was Steve Gendron, 25, of Lowell, who cruised in 36:28. Phil Grim of Lowell was the runner-up in 37:32. Also in the top four were Liam Skinner of Lowell (38:38) and Tim Patterson of Lowell (39:38).

The top female runner was Coreen Lowney of Dracut (6th, 40:05), followed by Evelyn Marrero of St. Cloud, Fla. (41:21) and Lauren Lesniak of Dracut (10th, 41:43).

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